Sunrise over Petroglyphs out side of Bishop on a right ascension motor on telescope tripod exposed for 4 min, ISO 640 at F4.5 with a 11 mm lens |
I grew up on the west coast and spent a lot of time out in the woods but it really took moving to the east coast realize what a incredible thing I had taken for granted. These photos where shot in three days. In that time I drove a total of 1200 miles. I will include technical info for those who are interested. I find that photographers who make any kind of living with their work tend to be closed mouth about the technical and conceptual process that leeds them to the finished image. I think that being free with info will drive you and others to be more productive and creative in your photos. If you have any more questions then feel free to email. |
Kelso Sand Dunes, Mojave Desert, tripod ISO 100 1/180 s at f/7.1 |
Mojave Desert, Sidewinder Rattlesnake, camera was set down on ground and then I crawled closer using a SB 800 flash ISO 100 60 mm 1/60 s at f/4.5. I them used a hiking pole to move it of the road so no one would run it over. |
Kelso Sand Dunes, Mojave Desert, hand held ISO 100 1/60 s at f/10 lens 48 mm |
Kelso Sand Dunes, Mojave Desert, tripod ISO 100 1/180 s at f/7.1 moved over to black and white in photoshop. |
All photos on this page where taken with a Nikon D200 or infrared D100. The weather out here was a bit on the hot side. Even with it a little bit overcast it still got up to a 120F the day I drove through the Mojave and Death Valley. |
Death Valley Devil's Golf Course hand held 11 mm lens at ISO 100 1/125 s at f/16 |
Death Valley Devil's Golf Course hand held 18 mm lens at ISO 100 1/60 s at f/13 |
Death Valley hand held 18 mm lens at ISO 100 1/160 s at f/16 |
Death Valley, hand held, 52 mm lens at ISO 200 1/320 s at f/20 D100 infrared |
Death Valley, hand held, 52 mm lens at ISO 200 1/200 s at f/20 D100 infrared |
View from Bristlecone forest .3 s at f/8 ISO 100 tripod 100 mm lens with Lee Graduated ND filters |
Bristlecone Forest, hand held, 18 mm lens at ISO 200, 1/200 s at f/22, D100 infrared |
Bristlecone Forest, hand held, 18 mm lens at ISO 200 1/80 s at f/16, D100 infrared |
After Death Valley I headed out to the bristlecone forest and the Methuselah Grove. The Bristlecone Pines rank as the oldest trees in the world. I camped out at 10,000 FT in the Grandview campground and waited for lightning storm to pass by. Next day I headed out to the hike in the grove before breaking camp and going to Mono Lake. |
Bristlecone Forest 1/15 s at f/16 ISO 100, tripod, 11 mm lens with Polarizing Filter |
Bristlecone Forest, hand held, 18 mm lens at ISO 200 1/60 s at f/11, D100 infrared |
Bristlecone forest 1/40 s at f/18 ISO 100 tripod 60 mm lens with Polarizing Filter |
Mono Lake Tufa, ISO 100, 11 mm 1/125 s at f/4.5 hand held with Lee Graduated ND filters |
Mono Lake Tufa, ISO 100, 60 mm 45.0 s at f/32 tripod with Lee Graduated ND filters |
Mono Lake Tufa, ISO, 100 195 mm, 1/8 s at f/29 tripod with Lee Graduated ND filters |
Mono Lake Tufa, ISO 100, 13 mm, 8.0 s at f/22, tripod with Lee Graduated ND filters |
Mono Lake, hand held, 18 mm lens at ISO 200 1/60 s at f/20, D100 infrared |
Mono Lake Tufa, ISO 100, 60 mm lens, 30 s at f/32, tripod with Lee Graduated ND filters |
Mono Lake Tufa, ISO 100, 15 mm lens, 10 s at f/25, tripod with Lee Graduated ND filters |
At Mono Lake I was surprised by the number of photographers out shooting. I ended up talking to one photographer who was friendly and wanted to talk shop his name is Tony Rowell (http://tonyrowell.com/) As the sun set and darkness fell they all stopped shooting and left. I went back to my car and Tony was there waiting for me. It turned out that he shoots photos of stars using a motorized set up so as to cancel out the star trails. Just what I was planing to do that evening at Mono Lake. He has been doing it now for awhile and has perfected the technic. We hung out and had a beer while waiting for the stars to come out from behind the clouds. He told me that his scope for shooting stars was down in Bishop and that if we heeded down there he knew of some Petroglyphs down in that neck of the woods that we could shoot. I decided to go for it because I liked Tony and what where the odds of meeting someone like that who shoots the same stuff, let a lone pull a photo all nighter. I have to say that it was fun and I learned a lot from him. It's nice to have some one to shoot with who's equally motivated. |
Mono Lake Tufa, ISO 400, 18 mm lens, 49.0 s at f/9, painted with flash light and SB 800 strobe, tripod. |
Milky Way over cliffs out side of Bishop with a right ascension motor on telescope tripod exposed for 121.0 s at f/5.6, ISO 640 with a 18 mm lens |
I would just like to say a thank you to all for the feedback and comments. |